The pyramids are on there by default, since they were the first and last of the original seven wonders.

I'd like to see Stonehenge, Alhambra, Angkor Wat, Easter Island, Chichen Itzá, Macchu Picchu, and the Acropolis on there. To me the Statue of Liberty and the Opera House are utterly laughable in the position.

Oh, and Timbuktu is in Mali, not Libya.

Garfieldfan

March 16th, 2007, 6:48 AM

Oops. Well, The deadline is in July.

Lord Mike

March 17th, 2007, 5:37 PM

Oh c'mon the colosseum NEEDS to be one of them. Its very historical, it held most of Rome's gladiator (slave) fights.

Dur dur. The Great Wall should definately be on there. And if it isn't a "wonder" I "wonder" what is.

Maybe the Parthonon should be on there (is it on the Acropolis???). It holds the culture of Ancient Greece, one of the most advance civilizations.

Yes, of course Hagia Sophia should be on there. It is one of the most important marks the "new" Christianity of the Byzantine Empire (basically heirs of the Roman Empire) in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) because of the split of the Christian Church to Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox.

Just a bit of my input.

Auron

March 20th, 2007, 8:32 AM

Yeah !! The last year was the year of the Devil, and this one is the Lucky Year !!

Like CW said, the pyraimids are the ONLY original wonder of the world from the first 7. Then there were some modern ones decided a while ago, I remember reading tis in a text book a few years back. The Easter Islands were already one, and I think Stonehedge (Sp?) was on there, no 100% sure though.

Here are my picks:
1.Pyramids: Reason already stated.
2.Easter Island: Reason already stated.
3.Stonehenge (sp?): Reason stated, also, I think it deserves to be one due to the mysteries that shroud it.
4.Colosseum: Like others have said, it is a big piece of history, and is just amazing to look at. ;P
5.Great Wall of China: That thing is massive and should be put in there for obvious reasons.
6.Angkor Wat: Never seen it before, however, I have heard of it before. I used to play a game on my super nintendo called Illusion Of Gaia. That game was awesome, and IMO the hardest level was none other than Angkor Wat!
7.Sydney Opera House: Like Dawson said, when I think of Aussie-land, that thing is ALWAYS (That or Steve Irwin <Sp?>) what i think of first.

And just wondering, but how is the Statue of Liberty and The Eiffel tower on that list? No offense or anything..